A Few Questions about Serenellini Accordions

[m***@gmail.com]

Hi,
Does anyone out there have much experience with Sernellini
Accordions? I'm considering purchasing a Model 214 Button Accordion in
C#/D. The 214 has 12 bass, 21 buttons, and four reeds on both the treble
and the bass. Is $1000 or so a decent price to buy this box? How do they
play? Is the action fast enough for Irish music? Anyways, any information
you can provide would be most valuable. Thank you,
Dan Sheffield
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I have a very pretty, vintage Serenelli Mayfair piano accordion, circa 1935, which has always been kept in its velvet-lined case. I am considering selling it. Does anyone out there know about these beautiful instruments, possible value & and an avenue for selling it? ***@gmail.com

[m***@gmail.com]

Hi,
Does anyone out there have much experience with Sernellini
Accordions? I'm considering purchasing a Model 214 Button Accordion in
C#/D. The 214 has 12 bass, 21 buttons, and four reeds on both the treble
and the bass. Is $1000 or so a decent price to buy this box? How do they
play? Is the action fast enough for Irish music? Anyways, any information
you can provide would be most valuable. Thank you,
Dan Sheffield
--
/------\ Dan Sheffield /------\
/ ***** \ anglo concertina, mandolin, cittern, oboe, / ***** \
\ ***** / flute, english horn, pipes, whistles, bassoon, \* ***** /
\______/ glastonbury pipe, clarinet, ocarina, tenor banjo \______/

I have a very pretty, vintage Serenelli Mayfair piano accordion, circa 1935, which has always been kept in its velvet-lined case. I am considering selling it. Does anyone out there know about these beautiful instruments, possible value & and an avenue for selling it? ***@gmail.com

[Ike Milligan]

Hi,
Does anyone out there have much experience with Sernellini
Accordions? I'm considering purchasing a Model 214 Button Accordion in
C#/D. The 214 has 12 bass, 21 buttons, and four reeds on both the treble
and the bass. Is $1000 or so a decent price to buy this box? How do they
play? Is the action fast enough for Irish music? Anyways, any information
you can provide would be most valuable. Thank you,
Dan Sheffield
--
/------\ Dan Sheffield /------\
/ ***** \ anglo concertina, mandolin, cittern, oboe, / ***** \
\ ***** / flute, english horn, pipes, whistles, bassoon, \* ***** /
\______/ glastonbury pipe, clarinet, ocarina, tenor banjo \______/

I fix up antique accordions from that time period and play them,
occasionally selling one. In unrestored condition it is worth a lot less
than when it has been restored. Anything that old needs to be
overhauled. Think about it: A full-sized piano keyboard accordion has
more reeds, than a grand piano has strings, yet a grand piano needs to
be tuned and serviced every year at least. An accordion though it might
not need actual reed tuning, or might depending on how much and how it
was used, still needs to be eventually maintained just from sitting
idle. The more it is played, the more work it will need.

An accordion that age needs at least 20 hours of restoration work to be
really useful. So unrestored it is probably worth between $100 and $250
depending on a few things that I can't tell without a picture and more
information. however, paying to have it restored would likely not
increase the value more than the cost of having the work done. Also the
market for restored pre WWII accordions is thin, and to sell a restored
vintage accordion, you need to know how and whom to sell it to. I can
get 4 figures for one like over $3000 or half that depending.